Scientific Research

The Albucasis Grant 2025

ابو القاسم الزهراوي

The Hamdi Foundation is proud to offer a grant dedicated to breast reconstruction.

Join Prof. Hamdi’s team and take advantage of this unique opportunity to improve your knowledge and deepen your learning in the latest techniques of breast reconstruction.

Site
Brussels University Hospital
Laerbeek Avenue 101 – 1090 Brussels – Belgium

Fellowship director:
Prof. Moustapha Hamdi MD. PhD

Scientific committee:
Moustapha Hamdi MD. PhD – Chairmain – Belgium
Amir Ibrahim – USA/Lebanon
Suhan Ayhan – Turkey
Sara Al Harami – Qatar

Benefits
The total of 4000€, generously sponsored by Polytech Health & Aesthetic GmbH is divided into:

  • 3-month fellowship in September, October, and November 2025
  • Scholarship up to 1000€/month
  • Travel stipend up to 500€
  • Administrative fee of 500€ to be paid to the Hamdi Foundation
  • The fellowship can be used as the prerequisite clinical immersion before applying for the MRBS-RMES master degrees organised in collaboration with the University Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Eligibility

  • Resident in one of the Middle-East countries
  • Proficiency in English
  • Post graduate level (maximum 2 years after qualification in plastic surgery)
  • Academic excellence

Required documents

  • CV including a personal picture
  • Letter of motivation
  • Diploma of the most recent degree
  • Recommendation letters


Application deadline is March 31, 2025.


Contact:
fellowship@hamdi.foundation

Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn al-‘Abbās al-Zahrāwī al-Ansari, popularly known as al-Zahrawi, Latinised as Abulcasis was an Arab Andalusian physician, surgeon and chemist. Considered to be the greatest surgeon of the Middle Ages, he has been referred to as the “father of modern surgery”